THORIUM 232 - From History to Reactor [2019]

THORIUM 232 - From History to Reactor

This is a visual summary of all the information about thorium.
Thorium is a weak radioactive element with atomic number 90 and a half-life of 14.05 billion years. About the age of the universe. Although it is one of the rarest metals on earth, its availability is much higher and stable than that of Uranium. 99.98% of this element is encountered as thorium 232 while uranium is mostly found in as Uranium 238 which is a poor contributor for the production of energy.

Uranium reserves are estimated to be about 5.5 million tones but only 0.72% of that is U235 necessary for the reaction. In comparison, thorium reserves are estimated to be 6.3 million tones with a 99.98% usability.

References
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-graphite-used-in-nuclear-reactors
https://www.motionvfx.com/store,project_1301,p2260.html?page=10&focused_prod=2260
BP statistical Review of World energy
https://www.bp.com/content/dam/bp/business-sites/en/global/corporate/pdfs/energy-economics/statistical-review/bp-stats-review-2019-full-report.pdf
Tonne of oil equivalent
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonne_of_oil_equivalent
Nuclear energy Density
https://www.euronuclear.org/info/encyclopedia/f/fuelcomparison.htm
Frederick Soddy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Soddy
United states energy consumption
https://www.eia.gov/totalenergy/data/monthly/pdf/s3ec2_3.pdf
Capacity Factor
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/epm_table_grapher.php?t=epmt_6_07_b

How bad is it really?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTKl5X72NIc&t=949s
nuclear waste
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_waste
Chemical Processing and Power Conversion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBmk7t5K35A
What is nuclear
https://whatisnuclear.com/thorium.html
World Nuclear – Estimated World Thorium resources
https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/current-and-future-generation/thorium.aspx

https://www-pub.iaea.org/mtcd/publications/pdf/te_1450_web.pdf

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=32912
Land Comparison – Nuclear, wind, solar
https://www.nei.org/news/2015/land-needs-for-wind-solar-dwarf-nuclear-plants

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